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[Rich286]

Looking realy good now mate, when do you recon it will be sprayed ?

[stretch tech]

Looking realy good now mate, when do you recon it will be sprayed ?

cheers pal, 2 or 3 weeks maybe ? i'm not too sure myself but as soon as really

Cheers

Rhys

[Rich286]

Geton! you spraying it yourself ?

[stretch tech]

Geton! you spraying it yourself ?

nah, a friend of a friend is going to spray the whole car in 2 coats of pearlescent cherry red and a coat of lacquer for £150 ! ! couldn't say no to that

Rhys

[Rich286]

Bargain!!!! im going to be spraying mine so maybe a few runs lol

[stretch tech]

Bargain!!!! im going to be spraying mine so maybe a few runs lol

i was going to spray it myself originally but I'd have been stupid to turn that deal away

Rhys

[Rich286]

Yeah to right, i would love to get a body shop to do it but to much for me lol

[stretch tech]

hi all, today i put a few more hours in

the handbrake is now installed and fully functioning

the brake lines are connected up

the fuel tank is in, although i'm not happy with how it is sitting at the minuet but it has got to come out for the respray

fuel line connected up

rear loom pinned into place

i haven't taken any pics as there isn't much to see really and my iphone's camera isn't the best quality

i'm not working on it tomorrow as i've got an important presentation day with a collage project but hopefully i'll get the wheels cleaned up ready

Rhys

[stretch tech]

photos from yesterday

fuel tank in, any advice as to if this is fitted correctly as i am unsure ?



handbrake in



hi all, i managed to get an extra hour in tonight



rear wheels cleaned up and bolted on, and looking like brand new













also gave the tyres a coat of tyre black and i realised that there is still markings visible on the tread, that just goes to show how recently the wheels were fitted

new handbrake cable greased up

steering rack fitted



pedal box fitted



i finish early tomorrow so we should get a good few hours in, hopefully we might even get it running by Saturday afternoon / Sunday morning

comments welcome as always

Rhys

[stretch tech]

hi all, i managed to get 3 hours in today

gave the engine bay another coat of paint





fitted the pre built front subframe









fitted the air vent pipes







and finally we dis assembled the racking and set up this beast of an engine hoist kindly lent to us by may dad's mate Paul .........



.....it can lift a fully built mini

that's all for today, tomorrow we will be working all day to hopefully get the mini running fingers crossed it goes smoothly

Rhys

Edited by TH3aRchit3ct95, 30 April 2012 - 09:12 PM.

[fattail95]

You have done a fantastic job with this Mini mate, I bet you cant help but grin every time you look at it! Can't wait to see it painted and ready to go, will be following this thread with interest.

[stretch tech]

You have done a fantastic job with this Mini mate, I bet you cant help but grin every time you look at it! Can't wait to see it painted and ready to go, will be following this thread with interest.

cheers mate, your right it does make me grin when i see it and neither can i

Rhys

[stretch tech]

hi all, update from yesterday

first we used the engine hoist to drop the engine onto it's mounts and loosely fitted the bottom steady arm





then we fitted the starter motor, alternator, coil, distributor cap and HT leads







then we fitted the clutch slave cylinder, clutch master cylinder, brake servo, top engine steady, ballast resistor, inlet manifold, carb and airfilter (which took some adjustment to clear the bulk head) and the new lcb exhaust manifold









then we fitted the y piece and gear linkage







that's all from yesterday, i'm going into the garage now to put a few more hours in

Rhys

Edited by TH3aRchit3ct95, 29 April 2012 - 09:41 AM.

[Andrew O]

Looking good . Two questions
1 Have you put your throttle cable in ?
2 Have you put your speedo cable in ?

[stretch tech]

Looking good . Two questions
1 Have you put your throttle cable in ? no
2 Have you put your speedo cable in ? no

cheers mate

Rhys